Initial Question: How did civil rights activist advocate for change in the US educational system? Revised Question: How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision made by the Supreme Court create tension between state and federal governments? Primary Sources:
Governor Orval Faubus Speech
Governor Thomas B. Stanely Speech
Secondary Sources:
History of Plessy v. Ferguson
History of Brown v. Board of Education
Outline:Introduction: "Separate is Not Equal"
Present question: How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision made by the Supreme Court create tension between state and federal governments?
Tension can be seen in Governor Orval Faubus speech
List three inferences
Present counterargument at end
Historical Context: Introduce secondary sources
History of Plessy v. Ferguson
History of Brown v. Board of Education
conclude with how the decision led to a "Massive Resistance" in southern states.
Analysis: Introduce primary sources
Governor Orval Faubus Speech: advocates for state's control over public education, does not want desegregation in school, closes school down, Little Rock Arkansas incident, plan to turn public schools into private schools so that they would remain segregated, and opposes federal government.
Governor Thomas B. Stanley's Speech
Compare and Contrast both speeches
Corroboration: include Governor Thomas B. Stanley's response. Compare and contrast the two governors: calm approach (Gov. Umstead and Gov. Thomas B. Stanely) vs. outrage approach (Gov. Orval Faubus). Compare and contrast what was happening in the state of Arkansas after the decision(Little Rock Nine) vs. what was not happening in the state of Virginia (no massive uproar compared to Arkansas)
Revised Question: How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision made by the Supreme Court create tension between state and federal governments?
Primary Sources:
- Governor Orval Faubus Speech
- Governor Thomas B. Stanely Speech
Secondary Sources:- History of Plessy v. Ferguson
- History of Brown v. Board of Education
Outline:Introduction: "Separate is Not Equal"- Present question: How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision made by the Supreme Court create tension between state and federal governments?
- Tension can be seen in Governor Orval Faubus speech
- List three inferences
- Present counterargument at end
Historical Context: Introduce secondary sources- History of Plessy v. Ferguson
- History of Brown v. Board of Education
- conclude with how the decision led to a "Massive Resistance" in southern states.
Analysis: Introduce primary sources- Governor Orval Faubus Speech: advocates for state's control over public education, does not want desegregation in school, closes school down, Little Rock Arkansas incident, plan to turn public schools into private schools so that they would remain segregated, and opposes federal government.
- Governor Thomas B. Stanley's Speech
- Compare and Contrast both speeches
- Corroboration: include Governor Thomas B. Stanley's response. Compare and contrast the two governors: calm approach (Gov. Umstead and Gov. Thomas B. Stanely) vs. outrage approach (Gov. Orval Faubus). Compare and contrast what was happening in the state of Arkansas after the decision(Little Rock Nine) vs. what was not happening in the state of Virginia (no massive uproar compared to Arkansas)
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